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WSJ and NYT Agree: John Lithgow Totally Gets Ring Lardner

For years now, the hardworking staff has expressed not fulsome (which means “effusive, excessive, or insincere praise”) but full-throated admiration for the work of Ring Lardner, who is either a minor major 20th century American writer or a major minor 20th … Continue reading

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The Arts Seen in NYC (Picasso Everywhere! Edition)

Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Big Town for the weekend and, say, it was swell. (Not to mention All Pablo All the Time.) Here, in roughly chronological order, is some of what we caught. FRIDAY • Picasso & … Continue reading

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Globe & Herald In Photo Finish With Matt Damon

From our Don’t Know What to Make of This desk This is a headscratcher: Carbon-copy photos in the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald, attributed to different photographers. From the Herald’s Inside Track: Matt Damon: ‘It’s good to be home’ “(Bleeping) disgusting.” Matt … Continue reading

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